Unit 2 Author Facts Flashcards
This author had a genius for inventing comical fictional narrators
Irving
His masterpiece Nature, with its emphasis on self-reliance and individuality, became the unofficial manifesto of transcendentalism
Emerson
In 1835, he married his not-yet-thirteen year old cousin Virginia
Poe
His masterpiece The Scarlet Letter is a novel about sin and guilt among the early Puritans
Hawthorne
This author is considered to be the inventor of the modern detective story
Poe
He was and still is one of the most popular poets American has ever produced
Longfellow
The death of his wife from tuberculosis threw him into a spiritual crisis and caused him to question many aspects of his life
Emerson
His novel Moby-Dick is widely regarded as one of the finest novels in American literature
Melville
He advocated simple, mindful living and rejected a lifestyle dedicated to the pursuit of wealth
Thoreau
This author found inspiration in German folklore and legends
Irving
This author attended the University of Virginia bur was forced to leave because of gambling debts he couldn’t pay
Poe
This authors masterpiece was The Sketch Book, which took him to the Peak of international success
Irving
He is remember as one for America’s first environmentalists and a writer of uncommon vision
Thoreau
His poems have been criticized for offering easy comfort at the expense of illumination
Longfellow
Although today he is considered as one of America’s great novelists, his work was never fully appreciated during his time
Melville
Tragedy struck for this author in 1867 when his son Malcolm killed himself with a pistol
Melville
As a protest of the Mexican War he refused to pay his poll tax and spent a night in jail as a result
Thoreau
He got into Harvard when he was just 14 years old
Emerson
He became a sailor by the age of 19 and spent several years working aboard whaling ships
Melville
He is often cited as one of the most significant writers in American hisory
Emerson
He was the first American do be inducted into the Poets’ corner at Westminster Abbey
Longfellow
He spent 9 years honing his writing skills on the third floor of his mother’s house, which he called his “Dismal Chamber”
Hawthorne
His ancestor was a judge for the Salem Witch Trails
Hawthorne
This author is considered to be America’s first literary celebrity
Irving
In 1860, this author caught a cold, beneath which lay an incurable tuberculosis
Thoreau
He is considered a master of the physiological thriller
Poe
His charterer as a man and his focus as a writer were shaped by a sense of inherited guilt
Hawthorne
He is considered Transcendentalism’s most important philosopher
Emerson
He is considered Transcendentalism’s most important practitioner
Thoreau
He worked as a professor of French, Spanish, and Italian at Harvard
Longfellow
The lack of a natural father and disapproval of his foster father led to his growing moodiness
Poe
He believed that evil was the dominant force in the world, and his fiction expresses a gloomy vision of human affairs
Hawthorne
His first two books, Typee and Omoo, were based on his adventures in the south seas.
Melville
